The Mark 12/152 can only play certain types of Songs from disk; .MID Type 0, Yamha Disk Orchestra and PianoSoft, and PianoDisc formats can be played from disk. But Kurzweil and .MID Type 1 format files must be loaded into the Mark 12.152 before they can be played.


If you have a .MID file that can't be played from disk, it is definitely a Type 1 file. But you can convert it easily into a Type 0 format file so you can play it from disk. Simply load the file into the Mark 12/152. then save back to disk, selecting .MID Type 0 for the file format. We recommend saving to a different disk, or renaming the song if you want to save it to the same disk. That way, you won't erase the original song on your disk.

You can also use this same technique to convert Kurzweil format songs to a .MID Type 0 file. However, you can't do this with songs that use the Auto Accompaniment features, since the information required to use Auto Accompaniment can't be saved as part of a .MID file.